#thinkingmedieval
Polytheism’ doesn't always mean tolerance. No tradition affirms this as Manichaeism does. Founded by an Iraqi, it was a syncretic religion that revered Jesus, Zoroaster and the Buddha. Anirudh Kanisetti explains its 500-year history, as it expanded from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, assimilating, squabbling with, and being persecuted by Christians, Zoroastrians, and Buddhists.
Sources:
Deeg, Max, and Iain Gardner. "Indian influence on Mani reconsidered: The case of Jainism." International Journal of Jaina Studies 5, no. 2 (2009): 1-30.
Gardner, Iain. The Founder of Manichaeism: Rethinking the Life of Mani. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Scott, David A. "Manichaeism in Bactria: Political Patterns & East-West Paradigms." Journal of Asian History 41, no. 2 (2007): 107-130.
Scott, David A. "Buddhist Responses to Manichaeism: Mahāyāna Reaffirmation of the" Middle Path"?." History of religions 35, no. 2 (1995): 148-162.
Scott, David A. "Manichaean views of Buddhism." History of Religions 25, no. 2 (1985): 99-115.
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